passionnantes

Passionnantes is the feminine plural form of the French adjective passionnant, meaning exciting, captivating, or thrilling. It is used to describe feminine plural nouns and phrases, for example histoires passionnantes (exciting stories) or personnes passionnantes (fascinating people).

Passionnantes derives from the noun passion, itself from Latin passio, with the present-participle suffix -nant. The form expresses that something arouses interest or emotion and is part of a larger family of adjectives formed with -nant in French.

In contemporary usage, passionnant and its feminine plural passionnantes are common in journalism, literature, and everyday speech to convey positive appraisal of content, events, or people. The word carries a nuance of engaging, sustained interest rather than a mere momentary appeal, and it can be used across genres, from reviews to descriptions of experiences.

Grammatical notes: passionnante (feminine singular) and passionnants (masculine plural) are related forms, and the standard rule applies: the adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. As with many French adjectives, placement can vary for stylistic effect, but descriptive clarity generally favors closer proximity to the noun.

See also: passion, passionnant, fascinant.